The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics

Contents: Introduction and Fundamental Principles; Basic Assumptions, Theorems, and Polytropes; Sources and Sinks of Energy; Flow of Energy through the Star and Construction of Stellar Models; Theory of Stellar Evolution; Relativistic Stellar Structure; Structure of Distorted Stars; Stellar Pulsation and Oscillation; The Flow of Radiation Through the Atmosphere; Solution of the Equation of Radiative Transfer; Environment of the Radiation Field; The Construction of a Model Stellar Atmosphere; Formation of Spectral Lines; Shape of Spectral Lines; Breakdown of Local Thermodynamic; Equilibrium; Beyond the Normal Stellar Atmosphere.